TEHRAN – The stick of gum chewed by the legendary football tactician Alex Ferguson during his last coaching session with Manchester United is the subject of a comedy play on stage at Tehran’s Shahrzad Theater.

TEHRAN – The spokesman of the Association of Iranian Independent Producers, Morteza Shayesteh, said on Tuesday that a number of Iranian institutions have illicitly sold some of their fellow filmmakers’ movies to YouTube.

TEHRAN – Iranian director Kaveh Moeinfar’s movie “Life without Life” and American director April Mullen’s film “Badsville” shared the award for the best drama film at the 4th Bloodstained Indie Film Festival in Tokyo, Japan on December 7.

TEHRAN – “Exodus”, Bahman Kiarostami’s latest documentary that studies the return of undocumented Afghan migrants from Iran following the deep recession facing the country, was selected as best feature-length documentary in the international competition of the 12th Cinéma Vérité festival, the organizers announced on Sunday.

TEHRAN – An opera is scheduled to be performed at the Grand Hall of the Interior Ministry in Tehran next week, which will recount a story from “The Conference of the Birds”, Farid ud-Din Attar’s allegorical masterpiece from the Persian classical literature.

TEHRAN – Bahman Kiarostami’s latest documentary “Exodus” surveys the impacts of the deep recession facing Iran following the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal on the return of undocumented Afghan migrants from the country.

TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Sadeq Davari, who is famous for his documentary films on Shia clerics such as “The Funny Sheikh of Kashan” and “Fihi Ma Fih”, has made his new film “The Principles of Acting” on the clerics’ love of acting in films.

TEHRAN – Iranian graphic designer Ahmadreza Dalvand who learned the basic principles of the art from masters such as Morteza Momayyez and Hannibal Alkhas died of diabetes at his home in Tehran on Monday. He was 60.

TEHRAN – Fifteen storytellers from Iran and other countries will be performing in the international competition of the 21st International Storytelling Festival in Tehran, the organizers announced on Monday.

TEHRAN – “Salvation” (“Rahesh”), Reza Amirkhani’s novel about the consequences of urban development for a young couple that live in Tehran, was picked as best novel at the 11th Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards on Saturday.

TEHRAN – Oscar-nominated Iranian director Majid Majidi was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the opening ceremony of the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) in Thiruvananthapuram, India, on Friday, the organizers announced.